diff --git a/conservancy/settings/base.py b/conservancy/settings/base.py
index d4eb2cf9a174bfba2cbab00dc1b0254776761a7b..2253b0465f8ce1374bf67383bbf31b7100d0045f 100644
--- a/conservancy/settings/base.py
+++ b/conservancy/settings/base.py
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ TEMPLATES = [
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
         'DIRS': [
             BASE_DIR / 'templates',
-            BASE_DIR / 'static',
         ],
         'APP_DIRS': True,
         'OPTIONS': {